Women in Russia
The poet Bella Akhmadulina (to the left) and Anna Netrebko | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 34 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 16% (2017) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 93.5% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 66.1% employment rate, data from OECD, 2018 |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.203 (2021) |
| Rank | 50th out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index | |
| Value | 0.706 (2020) |
| Rank | 81st |
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Women in Russia have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. Since Russian society is multicultural, the experiences of women in Russia vary significantly across ethnic, religious, and social lines. The life of an ethnic Russian woman can be dramatically different from the life of women of minority groups like the Bashkirs and the life of a woman from a lower-class rural family can be different from the life of a woman from an upper-middle-class urban family. Nevertheless, a common historical and political context provides a framework for speaking about women in Russia in general.